A man has been jailed after he sent his brother to do a DNA test in his place so he could avoid paying maintenance for two of his children

Elliot Shaw

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said that Gary Lewis, 25, and his brother Robert Lewis, 24, both from Potternewton in Leeds, conspired together so that Gary Lewis would not have to pay maintenance.

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